Exodus 13:12

New Century Version

you must give him every firstborn male. Also every firstborn male animal must be given to the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:36

We will bring to the Temple our firstborn sons and cattle and the firstborn of our herds and flocks, as it is written in the Teachings. We will bring them to the priests who are serving in the Temple.

Nehemiah 10:37

We will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the Temple the first of our ground meal, our offerings, the fruit from all our trees, and our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tenth of our crops to the Levites, who will collect these things in all the towns where we work.

Exodus 13:1

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 13:2

“Give every firstborn male to me. Every firstborn male among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

Exodus 22:28

“You must not speak against God or curse a leader of your people.

Exodus 22:29

“Do not hold back your offering from the first of your harvest and the first wine that you make. Also, you must give me your firstborn sons.

Exodus 34:19

“The firstborn of every mother belongs to me, including every firstborn male animal that is born in your flocks and herds.

Exodus 34:20

You may buy back a donkey by paying for it with a lamb, but if you don’t want to buy back a donkey, you must break its neck. You must buy back all your firstborn sons. “No one is to come before me without a gift.

Ezekiel 16:20

“ ‘But your sexual sins were not enough for you. You also took your sons and daughters who were my children, and you sacrificed them to the idols as food.

Ezekiel 44:30

The best fruits of all the first harvests and all the special gifts offered to me will belong to the priests. You will also give to the priests the first part of your grain that you grind and so bring a blessing on your family.

Leviticus 27:26

“ ‘If an animal is the first one born to its parent, it already belongs to the Lord, so people may not give it again. If it is a cow or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.

Numbers 18:15

The first one born to any family, whether people or animals, will be offered to the Lord. And that will be yours. But you must make a payment for every firstborn child and every firstborn animal that is unclean.

Numbers 3:12

“I am choosing the Levites from all the Israelites to take the place of all the firstborn children of Israel. The Levites will be mine,

Numbers 3:13

because the firstborn are mine. When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn children of the Egyptians and took all the firstborn of Israel to be mine, both animals and children. They are mine. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 8:17

All the firstborn in Israel—people or animals—are mine. When I killed all the firstborn in Egypt, I set the firstborn in Israel aside for myself.

Luke 2:23

(It is written in the law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be given to the Lord.”)

Deuteronomy 15:19

Save all the first male animals born to your herds and flocks. They are for the Lord your God. Do not work the first calf born to your oxen, and do not cut off the wool from the first lamb born to your sheep.